WTF? (Where’s The Fun?) - May 2014

Garage Find Re-Buy

Who: Ken Vogtsberger

What: '67 Chevrolet Corvette

Where: San Antonio, TX

Why: Ken says it best in his email: "Similar to the Challenger in your Oct. '13 issue, I re-purchased a '67 big-block Corvette, which I had initially bought in 1973 for $1,200. I sold it to a friend in 1982 who basically kept it in his garage in Austin, Texas, for 30 years. He needed money for a new house, so he sold it back to me in 2012 for $26,000." Ken's new/old car has a '71 454, a Borg-Warner four-speed, 3.70:1 gears, manual steering, manual brakes, factory side exhaust, and two tops. He continues, "The paint is from the '70s (Mosport Green, his favorite color at the time). It looks ratty but always attracts a crowd."

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My Other Car

Who: Otha Starkey

What: '68 Ford Galaxie 500

Where: Marysville, WA

Why: We ran a picture of Otha's '78 Mustang in our Feb. '14 issue. He was so thrilled, he sent pictures of his other alternative-body-style car, this '68 Galaxie. It's nicknamed "the Bull Frog" because, "the first thing my wife said when I pulled in the driveway was that it sounds like an old bullfrog," Otha writes. He's owned the car for about 10 years. It's powered by a 302 with a Summit hydraulic roller cam, roller rocker arms, and a Holley 650 carb on an Edelbrock Performer intake. The rear is a 9-inch with 3.53 gears on a Traction-Lok differential.

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Into the Sunset

Who: Roger Elmore

What: '70 Ford Mustang Mach 1

Where: Puyuallup, WA

Why: Roger's been a subscriber for more than 20 years (thanks!!), and he wanted to send us a picture of his Mustang and long-time friend Justin Pierce's '73 Camaro. The Mach 1 runs with a 351C and a shot of nitrous, while Justin's Camaro gets by with an LS swap and Richmond five-speed transmission. "We never had any photos of the cars together, so we made sure to get one this time," he writes.

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Clean Street Truck

Who: Gary Binge

What: '68 Chevrolet C10

Where: Fairfax, VA

Why: Gary says he's been the proud owner of this C10 for 13 years. He installed a Chevrolet Performance 350 crate engine, Hedman ceramic-coated long-tube headers, and a beefed-up TH350 transmission. He also installed the wood bed himself. "The paint is Medium Red and Bright White, and it is 14 years old," he says.

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Perseverance

Who: Mickey Wheeler

What: '55 Chevy

Where: Arlington, TX

Why: When he purchased the car in 2002, Mickey's '55 was filled with beer cartons and rats. Since then, he transformed it from its depressing state to a stunning show car that he takes to the track. It has a 460-inch Pontiac engine under the louvered hood, and a TH400 and Ford 9-inch complete the drivetrain. The big Poncho is stuffed with Ross pistons on Eagle rods, the cam is Comp's XE274, and we especially like his Edelbrock dual-quad intake. Mickey's a retired autobody technician, so he did most of the work on the car himself.

Score of the Month

Staff Editor John McGann nabbed this steering wheel for his '67 C10, after searching for one for more than a year. This three-spoke wheel was on '67 and '68 trucks only, and it will replace the worn-out and splintery wood steering wheel that was there when he got it. The truck is also in the process of getting CPP disc brakes, which will be documented online at CarCraft.com.

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CC Quickies

In this month's This Guys' Garage, we showed you the first shots of Gary Kollofski's 24-cylinder '57 Chevy. This is a shot of the hood scoop that Dale Pelvit is fabricating. The scoop on the leading edge of the hood directs cool air across the headers and will be vented through louvers cut into the top of the hood. Cold air for the inlet side will be ducted from the cowl area at the base of the windshield.

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Blown-Up!!

"My LQ4 accidentally overboosted. One piston totally shredded, one split in half, two rods broke, and the rest bent. That was in my Volvo 240 wagon."

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—Pavel Liashkovich, via email

"This is the 440 from my '65 Plymouth A/FX. The No. 1 and 2 rods exited the block and pan at the lights after years of 7,000-rpm shifts. The car runs 6.40s in the eighth."

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—KOTS32, via email

Blown-Up Part of the Month

"Not satisfied with blowing up cars, I've now moved on to tools. My air compressor blew up. Luckily, I was in the shop when I heard the racket."

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—Barry Brown, via email

Letters

LS Engine Love

Yes!! Car Craft always needs to run articles on putting LS engines into old Chevys first, then everything else second. Cover it from the radiator back to the rear end, too. I’m planning an LS engine swap for my next project, and I am always looking for information to help support it.

One of us staffers drives a Subaru regularly, so you can bet our answer is yes.

Department of Corrections

In the Mar. '13 cover story "Car Craft's Giant EFI Test," we incorrectly stated that the EZ-EFI 2.0 (PN 30400-KIT) used a 950-cfm throttle body. The correct rating is 1,150 cfm. CC reader James Johnson also pointed out to us that since our story first appeared, the EZ-EFI 2.0 price increased from the $1,999.95 we published to the current Summit price of $2,296.97. As we go to press with this correction, none of the other systems experienced a price increase.

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